Re: [Caml-list] [newbie] miscellaneous on installation and web site

2010-03-02 Thread Ashish Agarwal
Why? How to install GODI? GODI is a very nice package management system for OCaml, making it trivial to install both OCaml and most OCaml libraries that are in common use. It automatically downloads and installs libraries, and checks for dependencies. I would recommend using it, unless perhaps

[Caml-list] [newbie] miscellaneous on installation and web site

2010-03-01 Thread Marco Maggi
Ciao, I am a True Beginner taking a look at O'Caml; I hope not to be abusing by posting here rather than the beginners list. I think I successfully compiled ocaml-3.11.2 on my i686-pc-linux-gnu, but there seems to be no way to install the package in a temporary location via

Re: [Caml-list] [newbie] miscellaneous on installation and web site

2010-03-01 Thread Mihamina Rakotomandimby
Marco Maggi marco.maggi-i...@poste.it : I am a True Beginner taking a look at O'Caml; I hope not to be abusing by posting here rather than the beginners list. You are a beginner (you told), you know there is a beginner list, and you apoligize for not using it. I think I

RE: [Caml-list] [newbie] miscellaneous on installation and web site

2010-03-01 Thread David Allsopp
Marco Maggi wrote: Ciao, I am a True Beginner taking a look at O'Caml; I hope not to be abusing by posting here rather than the beginners list. Building OCaml from source is definitely not a beginners' question! :o) I think I successfully compiled ocaml-3.11.2 on my

Re: [Caml-list] [newbie] miscellaneous on installation and web site

2010-03-01 Thread Mark Shinwell
On Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 02:07:45PM +0100, Marco Maggi wrote: I think I successfully compiled ocaml-3.11.2 on my i686-pc-linux-gnu, but there seems to be no way to install the package in a temporary location via the Linux de facto standard DESTDIR environment variable; is there a

Re: [Caml-list] [newbie] miscellaneous on installation and web site

2010-03-01 Thread Peng Zang
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The best way to compile and install OCaml (in my opinion) is via GODI. The GODI installation instructions are clear and allow you to specify where the install should go. Once installed, it's also easy to get all the other libraries you might want

Re: [Caml-list] [newbie] miscellaneous on installation and web site

2010-03-01 Thread Marco Maggi
David Allsopp wrote: the more usual way, which will work with OCaml, is to specify a different root for the -prefix option when you run configure. Yes. It worked (it seems) by doing: $ ./configure -prefix ${prefix} ... $ make world $ make bootstrap $ make opt $ ./configure -prefix

Re: [Caml-list] [newbie] miscellaneous on installation and web site

2010-03-01 Thread Marco Maggi
Marco Maggi wrote: So am I correct in saying that MLGMP is orphaned and no maintained GMP/MPFR/... package exists? Wait! Found something here: https://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/lucid/mlgmp/lucid -- Marco Maggi ___ Caml-list

Re: [Caml-list] [newbie] miscellaneous on installation and web site

2010-03-01 Thread Mihamina Rakotomandimby
Peng Zang peng.z...@gmail.com : The best way to compile and install OCaml (in my opinion) is via GODI. Why? How to install GODI? -- Architecte Informatique chez Blueline/Gulfsat: Administration Systeme, Recherche Developpement +261 34 29 155 34 / +261 33 11 207 36